Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

[A vitamin is] a substance you get sick from if you don't eat it.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

The source of this energy is the sun's radiation.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Life is water, dancing to the tune of solids.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

The American Cancer Society tried to ruin my research foundation.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Science has abolished distance, and we all live in one cave now, our little shrunken globe on which there is a place…

— Albert Szent-gyorgyi

The key to happiness is not to get more, but to enjoy what we have and to fill the empty frame of…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was not more…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

I am not religious, but I am a pious man... A religious man has a definite religion. He says "God is there"…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Through the ages, man's main concern was life after death. Today, for the first time, we find we must ask questions about…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Research is four things: brains with which to think, eyes with which to see, machines with which to measure and, fourth, money.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of biological oxidation.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Think boldly. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Don't miss small details, keep your eyes open and be modest in everything except…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

So I set out to study the oxidation system in the potato, which, if damaged, causes the plant to turn brown. I…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

A substance that makes you ill if you don't eat it.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

I always tried to live up to Leo Szilard's commandment, "don't lie if you don't have to." I had to. I filled…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Research is not a systematic occupation but an intuitive artistic vocation.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Life is a wondrous phenomenon.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Nature is one. It is not divided into physics, chemistry, quantum mechanics.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi